Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The kid-sized city of AmeriTowne, Colo., where fifth-graders are the mayor, banker, doctor and radio deejay, is hitting the road. The flagship program of the ...

More than 34,000 students every year get to take a field trip like no other. Young AmeriTowne helps 5th graders learn the art of making a sale, the importance of hitting deadlines, and running a town.

PUEBLO, Colo. — Young AmeriTowne held a financial literacy ceremony with Minnequa Elementary School, where students participated in running their own town, government, and businesses. The town opening ...

It's called a financial literacy partnership. And young students in Pubelo got immersed in it this past week. Young AmeriTowne is a Denver-based, town simulation that's used as an educational tool for ...

Young AmeriTowne has spent the last week at the Citadel Mall helping students in Colorado Springs understand civics in a way that's fun, interactive and memorable. 6th-graders from Vanguard are just a ...

Broomfield fifth-graders will soon trade their backpacks for briefcases for a day in the real world. Students at Coyote Ridge and Mountain View elementaries have been getting an education in how to ...

Colorado Public Radio partners with several organizations to support education in our community. One of them is Young Americans Center for Financial Education and its flagship program, Young ...

Face it: Most elementary-school field trips provide less practical information than the average episode of Fear Factor. Not so at Young AmeriTowne, a daylong, hands-on event specifically designed to ...